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Post by julianz »

lh7777 wrote: post #223
hackernewds wrote: post #189

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> built-in nav system is useful for those times need directions and don't have a cell signal. You know you can also download Offline maps. One of Google Maps best features.

The nice thing about the built-in nav is that it always works everywhere in the U.S. Google Maps only lets you download an area about half the size of Washington State at a time and you have to manually select the area to download. Fine for local use, but too tedious (and too much disk space) for a long road trip.

?? The Google Maps I use offers to download the maps if I ask for directions on a long journey. It doesn't seem to have download limits and I never need to think about it again.

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Post by eternalban »

adornKey wrote: post #349
b0afc375b5 wrote: post #309

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Interesting story. Thanks for sharing. Not trying to blame anyone here. Did no one guide him? Just by virtue of him being a young student, surely his unproductive proclivities were easily correctable? Was he averse to mentoring?

He already did great things in the past. I liked him a lot before university. There is too much self-esteem in those young guys. And they blindly trust every new framework that shows up on the market. Also they have excellent grades in university and get offered a lot of money. Somehow guys from management and HR like them. For me there was not much chance to mentor anything. I could talk more about young guys being…

> At the moment I have to deal with a guy who dislikes databases and instead of adding a column to a table wants the database-server internally to query his webservice when someone selects something from the table.

micro-column-service oriented schema. He'll go far /g

> I could talk more about young guys being problematic

It's the false sense of 'knowledge' afforded by trivial access to technical content without the benefit of practical experience. It's the internet, not the young men. LLMs are going to max this to an unpleasant extreme.

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Post by whiplash451 »

werdnapk wrote: post #174
whiplash451 wrote: post #20

Lots of negative comments in this thread, which I can understand. But let’s be fair, for a car manufacturer, carplay is the kiss of death.

Android Automotive is now the native OS for new Volvo and Polestar vehicles. A far better option than anything custom from the manufacturer.

Don’t get me wrong. Android and Carplay are heads and shoulders above the manufacturers’ software. But that’s really bad for car manufacturers because the car will become the commodity while the service they provide won’t.

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Post by rad_gruchalski »

maldev wrote: post #364
rad_gruchalski wrote: post #237

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> There’s also features like making the engine “purr” which works really well on dates. 100% it just plays some sound via speakers. Nothing to do with an engine. But a sale has been made.

It has a few things like this. https://youtu.be/mG3Uo0a8k5Q . It basically opens up the valves/exhaust a bit more for more noise. It's 100 % from the engine and not from speakers.

Okay. Good, so it’s mechanical. I was ready to sacrifice my arm so good to learn about this beforehand :)

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Post by bombolo »

mardifoufs wrote: post #363
bombolo wrote: post #330

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> Japan OTOH seems to be very aware of how these newfangled tech can screw your reputation. My toyota is absolute crap, if this helps.

What's wrong with it? But yes it seems like more recenr toyotas are crap, especially the interior.

It has a neat feature of auto locking itself if you forgot it, so if you forgot your keys in, they will be autolocked in.

The positions of the pedals is not fit for humans (but that's a bit OT)

The integrated not readily replaceable without servicing the entire dashboard USB port just broke.

The feature to alert me when I'm about to hit an obstacle triggers when I've already done a full stop.

The radio touch interface is awful. There is basically no way to say "play everything". You've got to select the artist, then the album, blabla. Of course you need to stop the car to move on to the next album.

The detection for speed signals is so wrong. It consistently gets the signs that are meant for slow-down lanes to exit the highway as the actual limit I'm supposed to have.

In some specific places it imagines ghost speed signs every single time I pass.

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Post by guluarte »

spfzero wrote: post #100
guluarte wrote: post #7

>Offering flexible upgrades do you want to buy the headlights DLC ($0.9 first month, then $29.9)? Y/n

Pop-up ads over your fuel gauge. Monetized!

DRM-Lock gasoline! , you can only use MB approved partners :), our nearest partner gas stations is just 5 hours away.

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Post by phist_mcgee »

aliswe wrote: post #357
fock wrote: post #317

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MB is also famous for running Kubernetes. At a 1000 individual setups (all automated of course!). I had the pleasure of flamewaring someone who was very proud of this and couldn't really explain to me, why they would not just get two big physical machines with Corosync for like 70% of those (internal) applications. Doesn't seem much worse than a 3-node Kubernetes cluster (which is going to experience serious disrupti…

At my last company we used k8s not primarily because of the scaling capabilities, but as a way to safely deploy applications.

I've seen it used this way too.

But that's like buying the mcdonalds supersize family meal because you want the fries. There's better ways to go about it.

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Post by phist_mcgee »

lh7777 wrote: post #168
jandrewrogers wrote: post #104

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Some Mercedes also have the bug where the sign classifiers somewhat regularly mis-read 80 as 60 for speed limits, causing cruise control to arbitrarily slam on the brakes in some parts of the country. You would think that they would catch these things with rudimentary quality control. The automotive code for many of these systems is incomprehensibly awful but the entire process of how it is made virtually guarantees…

I just ran into this issue in Montana the other day. Weird thing was that it’d sometimes read the 80 mph limit correctly, then a second or two later revert to 60. My Sprinter just beeps at me, though. No brake action if it thinks I’m speeding.

80 mp/h speed limit?!?

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Post by radicaldreamer »

phist_mcgee wrote: post #377
aliswe wrote: post #357

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At my last company we used k8s not primarily because of the scaling capabilities, but as a way to safely deploy applications.

I've seen it used this way too. But that's like buying the mcdonalds supersize family meal because you want the fries. There's better ways to go about it.

It might not be ideal but getting all of that admin and upgrade tooling for free is often worth it

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Post by harry8 »

qualudeheart wrote: post #337
saagarjha wrote: post #278

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Do you not see a difference from a Mercedes logo on the hood and and McDonald’s ads blaring from the infotainment system?

Mercedes is high status. McDonalds is low status. To be able to see the Mercedes Star is a privilege.

Wearing mcdonalds logos on your clothes or car shows you're "important," "successful," and "influential" enough to be paid to do that.

Trumpeting a mercedes logo on your car to try and claim status shows you're something else.

Just a different way of looking at status, and one no less valid than yours. But I think we've digressed beyond it being a useful direction to continue.

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